Scope of Beans in Spring Framework
In this story, we’ll learn about the scope of Beans in the Spring Framework.
· Singleton Scope
· Prototype Scope
· Web-aware application scopes
∘ Request scope
∘ Session Scope
∘ Application Scope
∘ WebSocket Scope
· Conclusion
· References
The scope of a bean determines its lifecycle and visibility within the container. Beans can be defined to be deployed in one of several scopes. Spring Framework supports several types of bean scopes, each of which controls how and when beans are instantiated and shared across the application.
The latest version of the Spring framework defines 6 types of scopes, four of which are available only if you use a web-aware ApplicationContext.
- singleton
- prototype
- request
- session
- application
- websocket
Singleton Scope
The singleton is the default bean scope in the spring container.
A single instance of the class designated by this bean will be created and shared across the entire spring…
